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The halfway radical of Jammu and Kashmir BJP met successful Jammu connected Saturday (October 4, 2025) and discussed assorted issues, including the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls for the 4 seats of the Union Territory, a elder enactment person said.
He asserted that the party’s precocious bid volition finalise the database of candidates, which volition beryllium acceptable to all.
J&K BJP main spokesperson Sunil Sethi said the gathering was chaired by nationalist wide caput Tarun Chugh and was attended by Union Minister Jitendra Singh, J&K BJP president Sat Sharma, nationalist enforcement subordinate Ravinder Raina and others.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced connected September 25 that the elections for the 4 Rajya Sabha seats successful the Union Territory would beryllium held connected October 24, much than 4 years aft they fell vacant.
“The halfway radical gathering took spot and discussed assorted issues, including the prevailing governmental concern and the upcoming elections for the 4 seats of the Rajya Sabha from J&K,” Mr. Sethi told reporters astatine the enactment office successful Jammu.
He said the Leader of Opposition successful the J&K Assembly Sunil Sharma could not be the gathering arsenic helium was not contiguous successful Jammu.
“The halfway radical members enactment distant their viewpoint astir the imaginable candidates. The deliberations volition beryllium forwarded to the enactment precocious bid done the committee acrophobic and it volition accordingly finalise the database of candidates who volition combat the elections. The last determination of the enactment precocious bid volition beryllium acceptable to all,” helium said.
Mr. Sethi said this was the archetypal gathering connected the contented and determination are nary talks going connected with immoderate determination enactment connected the subject.
He said the enactment intends to combat the elections connected each 4 seats.
The past day for filing nominations for the Rajya Sabha polls is October 13. The counting of votes volition beryllium taken up successful the evening of October 24, an hr aft the polling concludes.
Polling for the 4 Rajya Sabha seats successful the Union Territory is being held astir a twelvemonth aft the Assembly polls. The seats fell vacant successful February 2021, erstwhile the presumption of the past MPs Mir Mohammad Fayaz, Shamsher Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway ended.
Since Jammu and Kashmir was nether the President's Rule astatine the clip and determination was nary Assembly successful place, the polls for the 4 seats could not beryllium held. The J&K Assembly was formed successful November past twelvemonth aft the archetypal Assembly predetermination for the Union Territory, which was established successful 2019.
